Smart Bets: David Wilcox

It's the time of year for annual happenings: turkey dinners, top-10 roundups and homecoming shows. The latter is the case of singer-songwriter David Wilcox's annual Thanksgiving show at The Grey Eagle. "It happens every year and it's kind of a Thanksgiving table of musicians," says Wilcox in a preview video he posted on YouTube. "I'll be playing a lot of songs, and there will also be guests who come up. … I kind of orchestrate it so the songs work into the story that I'm telling about the gratitude for this community we have here." Watch the video at http://avl.mx/02y; see the show on Friday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. All ages. $18/$20. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Jack Hollingsworth